Dapple Tool
Dapple Tool. A punch with a sphere on the end for punching spherical indentations in models, patterns, dies. It is sometimes used with a dapple die – a steel block with various size dapple impressions – for use on thin gauge metal or shells.
excerpted with permission from
An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology
For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON
Roger W. Burdette, Editor